User manual AOPEN AX4B533 PLUS

[. . . ] Overview Troubleshooting & Technical Support Hardware Installation Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Online Manual DOC. NO. : AX4B533P-OL-E0207A AX4B-533 Plus AX4B-533 Plus 1 AX4B-533 Plus W h a t 's i n t h i s m a n u a l Online Manual AX4B-533 Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can download as many skins as you want from AOpen Website, and changing them whenever you want by using this useful utility ­ EzSkin ­ which may also be downloaded from our website. Even more, you may design your own skins with innovative idea and sharing them to users around the world by uploading to our website. For further technical information, we welcome you to visit our website at http://www. aopen. com/products/mb/ 74 AX4B-533 Plus Vivid BIOS technology Online Manual Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen?Let's rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately, and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBios now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen. In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation. Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player, you may use the same EzSkin utility to shown beside change your Vivid BIOS screen or to download your favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo your model name on the BIOS download page, http://www. aopen. com/tech/download/mbbios/default. htm, it is assured that your motherboard supports this innovative feature! 75 AX4B-533 Plus Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You don't need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system's installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98. 76 AX4B-533 Plus A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD. Choose the utility and driver and select model name. Online Manual 77 AX4B-533 Plus I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l ® C hi p s e t S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n U t i l i t y Online Manual Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because they were released earlier than Intel 845 chipset. You can install Intel INF Update Utility from Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu to eliminate the "?" marks. 78 AX4B-533 Plus I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l I A A Dr i v e r Online Manual You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. You can find it in AOpen Bonus Pack CD. 79 AX4B-533 Plus Installing Promise SATA Driver Online Manual If you wish to include your current bootable Serial/Parallel ATA drive using the Windows NT 4. x, Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system on your SATA150 TX2Plus Controller, you MUST install the Windows NT4, 2000, or XP driver software first onto this drive while it is still attached to your existing hard drive controller. Installing Driver During New Windows XP Installation 1. Floppy Install: Boot the computer with the Windows XP installation diskettes. Floppyless Install: Boot from floppy and type "WINNT". After files have been copied, the system will reboot. On the reboot, press <F6> after the message appears. "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration. . . " CD-ROM Install: Boot from the CD-ROM. Press <F6> after the message "Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver" appears. 2. 4. When the "Windows XP Setup" window is generated, press "S" to Specify an Additional Device(s) Insert the Promise Technology driver diskette into drive A: and press "Enter" key. [. . . ] For example: Part No. Serial No. Part No. P/N: 91. 88110. 201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number. 128 AX4B-533 Plus Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Online Manual Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: AX4B-533 Plus R1. 20 Jul. 01. 2002 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1. 0A Copyright ©2002, Award Software, Inc. AX4B-533 Plus is model name of motherboard; R1. 20 is BIOS version. 129 AX4B-533 Plus Online Manual Produ c t R egis tration Thank you for choosing AOpen product. [. . . ]